A friend of mine from Scotland emailed me this morning: a Corona catch-up, if you like. In my reply I rather ramblingly told her what my coping mechanisms were. I won't bore you with them here; anyway, regular readers could probably figure out most of them for themselves.
However, I forgot to tell her about Tim's Twitter Listening Party The idea is simple: every night during at 10pm during Lockdown the Twitter community listen to an album in its entirety. The sessions, overseen by Tim Burgess, are curated in real time by band members who provide intimate insights into the making of the albums and answer questions posed by those 'in the room'. I've done two so far - Jollification (Lightning Seeds) and Steve McQueen (Prefab Sprout) - and I found them totally uplifting. For what it's worth both these long players proved to be very poignant in my life around the time they came out - 1994 and 1985 respectively. Ten year cycles and all that.
A complete list all of future runners and riders can be found here and the link to Tim's Twitter feed is here. I can't recommend the project highly enough. And even if you don't own hard copies of the albums, just hook up your Bluetooth speaker to Spotify at 22:00 and you're good to go!
Prefab Sprout - Goodbye Lucille #1 (1985)
In 1985 I was still known as Johnny; this song followed me everywhere
Some lovely imaginative initiatives coming out of this. And until I looked at the link I didn't realise Tim Burgess lived in Norfolk!
ReplyDeleteHope you're doing okay John, coping mechanisms are the way to go.
There are, aren't there? Did you see that the National Theatre are currently screening the live production of 'One Man, Two Guvnors' via Youtube? It really is a splendid way to spend an evening.
DeleteTwo great albums. Unlike most people, I'm finding myself with less free time than usual at the moment, but that sounds like a great idea.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas are always the simplest. It's easy for me to say, but finding time is paramount; life's too short. As always, feel free to take this offline at any time. Always here, Rol.
DeleteThanks for the heads up. As many coping mechanisms as possible are needed right now.
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